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good faith purchaser

good faith purchaser : a purchaser who gives value for an asset in good faith and without knowledge of adverse claims called also good faith purchaser for value ...


good faith

good faith [translation of Latin bona fides] : honesty, fairness, and lawfulness of purpose : absence of any intent to defraud, act maliciously, or take unfair advantage [filed the suit in good faith] [negotiating in good faith] see also good faith exception, good faith purchaser compare bad faith NOTE: The meaning of good faith, though always based on honesty, may vary depending on the specific context in which it is used. A person is said to buy in good faith when he or she holds an honest belief in his or her right or title to the property and has no knowledge or reason to know of any defect in the title. In section 1-201 of the Uniform Commercial Code good faith is defined generally as “honesty in fact in the conduct or transaction concerned.” Article 2 of the U.C.C. says “good faith in the case of a merchant means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing in the trade.” Similarly, Article 3 on negotiable inst...


Good faith

Good faith, nothing shall be deemed to be done in good faith which is not done with due care and attention. [Limitation Act, 1963, s. 2 (h)]The expression 'good faith' has not been defined in the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960. The expression has several shades of meaning. In the popular sense, the phrase 'in good faith' simply means 'honestly, without fraud, collusion or deceit; really, actually, without pretence and without intent to assist or act in furtherance of a fraudulent or otherwise unlawful scheme'. (see WORDS AND PHRASES, Permanent Edition, Vol. 18-A, page 91). Although the meaning of 'good faith' may vary in the context of different statutes, subjects and situations, honest intent free from taint of fraud or fraudulent design, is a constant element of its connotation. Even so, the quality and quantity of the honest requisite for constituting 'good faith' is conditioned by the context and object of the statute in which this term is employed, Brijendra...


Sale of goods and purchase of goods

Sale of goods and purchase of goods, in order to constitute a sale there must be an agreement for sale of goods for a price and the passing of property therein pursuant to such an agreement, in order to constitute a sale it is necessary that there should be an agreement between the parties for the purpose of transferring title to goods which of course presupposes capacity to contract, that it must be supported by money consideration, and that as a result of the transaction property must actually pass in the goods. Unless all these elements are present, there can be no sale'.On the other hand to constitute a 'purchase of goods' within this Entry, there must be an agree-ment for purchase of goods and the passing of property therein pursuant to such an agreement, State of Madras v. Gannou Dunreeley & Co., AIR 1958 SC 560 followed; Andhra Sugars Ltd. v. State of Andhra Pradesh, AIR 1968 SC 599 (602). [Constitution of India, Sch. 7, List 2, Entry 54]...


good faith estimate

good faith estimate an estimate of all closing fees including pre-paid and escrow items as well as lender charges; must be given to the borrower within three days after submission of a loan application. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...


good faith exception

good faith exception : an exception to the exclusionary rule: evidence obtained by the use of a warrant later found to be unsupported by probable cause is admissible if the investigating officers acted in reasonable reliance that the warrant was valid see also Mapp v. Ohio in the Important Cases section ...


Purchaser

Purchaser, a buyer, a vendee; also the root of descent, from whom, under the (English) Inheritance Act, 1833, the descent was in every case to be traced, before 1926, and now, as to a limitation to the heir taking effect as purchaser (see previous title, and (English) L.P. Act, 1925, s. 132).The statute enacts that in every case descent shall be traced from the purchaser; and to the intent that the pedigree may never be carried further back than the circumstances of the case and the nature of the title shall require, the person last entitled to the land (which expression extends to the last person who had a right thereto, whether he did or did not obtain the possession or the receipt of the rents and profits thereof (s. 1)), is, for the purposes of the Act, to be considered to have been the purchaser thereof, unless it shall be proved that he inherited the same, in which case the person from whom be inherited the same shall be considered to have been the purchaser, unless it shall be p...


bona fide purchaser

bona fide purchaser : a purchaser who purchases in good faith without notice of any defect in title and for a valuable consideration called also bona fide purchaser for value NOTE: There are particular requirements for a bona fide purchaser of a security set out in Uniform Commercial Code section 8-302. Under this section a bona fide purchaser is one who buys a security in good faith and without notice of any adverse claims and who takes delivery of a certificated security either as a bearer security or as a registered security issued to him or her or endorsed to him or her or by a blank endorsement or to whom the transfer of an uncertificated security is registered on the books of the issuer, or as otherwise provided in section 8-313. ...


innocent purchaser

innocent purchaser : one who purchases property for consideration in good faith and without knowledge of facts that would lead to the suspicion that the seller does not have good title ...


Hire-purchase agreement

Hire-purchase agreement, Hire-purchase agreements are executor contracts under which the goods are let on hire and the hirer has an option to purchase in accordance with the terms of the agreement. These types of agreements were originally entered into between the dealer and the customer and the dealer used to extend credit to the customer. But as hire-purchase scheme gained in popularity and in size, the dealers who were not endowed with liberal amount of working capital found it difficult to extend the scheme to many customers. Then the financiers came into the picture. The finance company would buy the goods from the dealer and let them to the customer under hire-purchase agreement. The dealer would deliver the goods to the customer who would then drop out of the transaction leaving the finance company to collect installments directly from the customer. Under hire-purchase agreement, the hirer is simply paying for the use of the goods and for the option to purchase them. The finance...


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